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    Keeping sand clean

    Here's a shot of my tiger tail hoovering sand, I think the key to keeping a DSB from crudding up is diversity. I have tons of tiny bristle worms, spaghetti worms, feather dusters, micro brittle stars, peanut worms (including a MASSIVE Sipunculus Nudus). So I have brittle stars, peppermints...
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    Keeping sand clean

    True, some of them can.. however, the holothurids (detrivores mostly) like the tiger tail and the donkey dung are safe. There are only a handful of truly toxic ones, and they are the really psychedelic ones. As Bob Fenner said, the uglier it looks, the safer it is.
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    Keeping sand clean

    Hrmm.. they'd probably work short term, but they'd starve pretty quickly. Last I heard, the recommendation was 2' x 2' of open, really really live sand per small conch, to sustain them long term. I'm fond of my tiger tail sea cucumber (Holothuria thomasi) but I know I'll have to find him a new...
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    Heathcliff Cartoon anyone remember?

    Ahh, the golden years :) Sid & Marty Kroft's shows were one tab away from a bad acid trip.. Sigmund and the Seamonsters, Land of the Lost, HR Pufnstuf. Then you had the hanna barberra clones.. Scooby-Doo, Josie & the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, Jeannie.. and then the action hour.. Space Ghost...
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    'Reservoirless' top off systems?

    The only problem with plumbing your RO/DI directly to your tank is that if you ever have a leak, you'll get a ton of fresh water dumped into your tank, causing the salinity to plummet. If you have a reservoir with a float valve, relay, and solenoid, you can put that ATO on a timer so that it...
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    Black Cyano Algae Grazer Snail

    Maybe black refers to the snail, not the cyano? That being said, there have been a lot of critters that are identified as eating cyano.. I haven't had much luck with any of them. Cyano happens. Feed less (and better), light less, increase water change frequency or amount, increase flow, absorb...
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    Odd Snail behavior?

    Most eggs or babies get eaten in anything other than a refugium, and even then only those that don't go through a planktonic stage have a good chance of survival. I have small ceriths, collonista, columbellids, and stomatella in the tank.
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    starting new refugium

    If you purchase pods in a bottle (it's a much better idea to get some macro and a cup of LS from another reefer) then you want to put them in the refugium.
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    orange linka star fish

    I wouldn't say _no_ linckia.. the orange are the hardiest in aquariums, and one of the members of our local club has an orange that he's had for just over two years in his 300g total volume system that is >3 years old with lots of sponges and algae for it to graze on. That being said, I...
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    Rta

    Here's ours.. we've had 6 splits in about two years. If you're going to get a RBTA, look for local reefers who have sucessfully kept one, and had them split- pick up a clone. That way 1) you know it's used to living in an aquarium, and 2) you're not taking one from the wild.
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    Kent tech M dosing

    The thing is, in order to pump liquid out, you have to let some air in, unless you load the liquid into an IV type bag that is collapsible. I've had good luck with the ESV Mg supplement and an aqualifter pump.
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    Bristle worms - Ahhhhh!

    When we purchased an established 12g nano for my wife, it was crawling with them. We used a trap to remove some of the larger specimens (the key is to check the trap every hour or so and take it out and empty it when you see worms in it.) We didn't dispose of them, however, we just moved them to...
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    new cowrie shell

    Mine was only out and about at night. What I'd suggest is getting a red light and watching him closely for a few evenings, just to be sure. GSP = Green Star Polyps (aka daisy polyps, star polyps) Pachyclavularia sp.
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    new cowrie shell

    Hrmm.. if that's the same guy as this.. then you may want to watch out if you have any zoas or gsp. I picked up two of these as 'spotted cowries' from an ebay seller out of Corpus Christi, TX only to find that they love to munch zoas and GSP (not sure what else, I relegated them to the sump...
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    Finally Got A Qt!!!!

    If you're treating _all_ the fish with hypo (6 weeks) and the main tank is fallow (for 6 weeks- no new corals, no new LR/LS), the ich will be gone from the main tank as well.
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    coral i.d.

    If you keep your Ca and Alk levels within acceptable ranges, and you have fresh air around the tank, ph will _usually_ take care of itself. (The fresh air thing is especially important as we button up our houses for winter in the cooler climes.)
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    Odd Snail behavior?

    I've seen bristleworms do it, stomatella do it, urchins do it, coco worms do it.. “Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.” -Cole Porter
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    Clutivating ULVA

    We collected some ulva from Galveston, TX tidepools this summer, but I've had zero luck getting it to attach to rocks in my fuge. Eventually I pulled it out because it kept getting wrapped around the intake of powerheads. Little did I know that months later.. I have it growing on every...
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